Charlotte Greenway is back with the Saturday Edition and has plenty to bring you today. We start in Ireland at The Curragh with the Irish Oaks where Epsom Oaks heroine Mini Hauk is a very short price but her chief rival looks to be Joseph O'Brien's filly who finished fourth at Epsom and he talks about her chance. Johnny Murtagh also discusses his filly who has only run the twice and is still a maiden. Andrew Slattery and Johnny Portman provide an update on their two runners in the Sapphire Stakes tomorrow.
Then, onto Newbury and ahead of the Weatherby's Super Sprint we hear from variety of connections including Johnny Allison, who co-owns favourite Havana Hurricane, Rod Millman on the Middleham Park Filly Anthelia and Richard Hughes who also has a runner in the competitive Hackwood Stakes. Finally, we head over to America to hear from Michael McCarthy and Brendan Walsh ahead of Journalism and Gosger meeting again, this time in tomorrow's Haskell Stakes.
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Ep 1314 - Why were Gosden/Dunlop drugs cases treated differently?
Nick, in New York, is joined by award winning Racing Post writer Jonathan Harding for today's essential horseracing news and views digest. They bring you the latest on Delacroix's running plans, plus examine why trainers The Gosdens and Ed Dunlop found the wheels of justice turning very differently following recent drug infringements. Also on today's show, Joseph O'Brien on Irish Oaks fancy Wemighttakedlongway, plus Al Riffa in the Curragh Cup and Green Sense in the Robert Papin at Chantilly. In the USA, Nick talks to trainers Michael McCarthy and Brendan Walsh as they face off with Journalism and Gosger in the Haskell at Monmouth Park. Plus, Gordon Brown on the 78th anniversary of the first ever British evening fixture at Hamilton Park, NHRM's Tracey Harding on the latest innovative exhibitions, and Tom Dunlop's Great Big Bike Ride aiming to raise £60,000 for good causes.
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Ep 1313 - Hauk eyes just six others in Irish Oaks
Tom in for Nick and joined initially by broadcaster Jane Mangan to assess a field of seven declared for this Saturday's Juddmonte Irish Oaks. We ask why so few are up against the Epsom winner Minnie Hauk and also ask similar quetions re field size for the repositioned GAIN Railway Stakes which used to take place on Irish Derby Day. We hear from Andy Slattery who sends out Powerful Nation in the Sapphire Stakes as well as Easy in Sunday's Minstrel Stakes and trainer Jonathan Portman joins us to talk of the supplemented Rumstar in the Sapphire. Jane and Tom discuss news of UK attendance figures being up for the first six months of the year and also the news that clients of John Dance are set to receive £6.3m from Barclays. It's Summer Plate weekend and Ollie Murphy looks set to have the favourite for the big hurdle and the chase and he is along to speak on both horses. Plus Richard Hughes joins to look ahead to running horses at Newbury in both the Hackwood and the Super Sprint and he gives an update on targets for his stars No Half Measures and Sayidah Dariyan
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Ep 1312 - Eustace Information
Nick is joined today by Lee Mottershead, senior writer from the Racing Post, to discuss the latest from around the racing world. Among topics discussed are the ROA's rejoinder to the murmurings on their position on Lord Allen's proposals for governance, the Gosdens' Ketamine case, and Sir Mark Prescott's first Royal runner. Plus, with the Irish oaks taking centre stage this weekend, Nick talks to Johnny Murtagh, attempting to spoil the Ballydoyle party. Also on the show, owner Johnny Allison on why Havana Hurricane will run in the Super Sprint as well as Goodwood, and Harry Eustace gives us chapter and verse on his two Ascot heroes. JA McGrath has the season's final instalment from Happy Valley, while Timeform's Dan Barber offers tribute to one of the great equine stalwarts of Irish Racing.
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Ep 1311 - Defiant Murphy takes aim at Media
Nick is joined by David Yates of the Mirror to discuss the latest from around the racing world. Among topics today, the first Oisin Murphy broadcast interview since his court appearance, the precarious Lord Allen situation, and the reversal of syndicate criteria by Weatherbys, on which subject Nick talks to Value Racing Club supremo James Couldwell. Also on today's show, Ed Walker eyes up a 12th stakes win of 2025 with Mgheera this weekend and reflects on number 11 with Qilin Queen, while Rod Millman continues his love affair with the Super Sprint courtesy of Anthelia. Dan Barber has the Timeform perspective on Leger hopeful Scandinavia, while New Zealand breeding giant John Thompson of Rich Hill Stud is today's Weatherbys Bloodstock Guest.
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